Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 23638, Miles Foreman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Foreman, Miles or Forman
S 23638
CONTENTS

New York 5919
Moses Torman
of Newfield in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company by Captain Galtet of the Regt. command by Col. Paulding in the New York line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feb 1833 and due to claimant Present
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 Penzant. allowance ending 4th 33 40 $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 88

State of New York 3 Tompkins County 3
On this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Robert Moul Judge of the sixth Circuits of the State of New York at a Circuit  Court of Oyer & terminer  held at Ithaca in said County now sitting Miles Forman as resident of the Town of Newfield in the County of Tompkins and State of New York aged twenty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration; in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. To wit. In the Regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Paulding in Captain Richard Lockett Gacketts Company of which Isaac Requaw was first Lieutenant William Mosher 2 nd Lieutenant and Robert Bruce Sergeant. as the Regiment was scarcely ever together he does not recollect the names of the field Officers. That he enlisted into said service on or about the fourth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty in the Company commanded by the above named Officers. That it was a Company of levies raised for the defence of the frontiers of New York. that he remained in said Company during the time for which he enlisted being eight months. That after this term of eight months he volunteered under Colonel Thomas Thomas of Harrison in Westchester County in the Company of Captain David Hobbie of which Nathaniel Tucker was a Lieutenant. That he was detached during this time as a guide to the portions of the army who
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3m 9m were unacquainted with the country that he continued in the service as such volunteer during the Term of Thru months. That at the termination of said Thru months he again enlisted on the 27 th day of April 1781. in Colonel Albert Pauldings Regiment for the Term of Nine Months in the same Company of Services in which he formerly enlisted that the same was commanded by Capt. Richard Sackett of which William Mosher was first Lieutenant and James Sackett was second Lieutenant. that during this Term of Nine Months while on a scouting party on the lines composed of a part of this Company the Captain R Sackett Lieutenant James Sackett and Ensign Samuel Banks were taken prisoners by a party of British Refuge Light Horse commanded by Colonel Holmes and Captain Kipp at Harrisons Purchase in Westchester County within about twenty miles of the British Lines on York Island. That he remained in the service during the Term of Nine Months. That after being discharged he again volunteered in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas and was stationed on the lines and acted principally as a guide to the army by the direction and at the advice of Colonel Thomas. and that he continued in the service of said Thomas Regiment until the close of War. That the whole time during which he was in service was about three years. That at the time he enlisted at each of the several times above mentioned he was a resident of the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. He was born in Bedford on the 25 th of September in the year 1762. He removed from Westchester County in the year 1744 to the old Town of Tioga now Nichols

in Tioga County in the State of New York where he continued to reside until the year 1827 at which time he removed to his present place of residence in Newfield in Tompkins County. He was engaged in the burning of the British Huts in Brannan Morrisania and at the skirmishes near Kings Bridge in Westchester between the British Army and the American Troops in 1781 that La Fayette was present with a portion of the French Troops. That he was in a skirmish in which adjutant Thomas and nine or ten were taken by the British at Saw Pits in Westchester County. The Regiment was stationed on the lines in Westchester County for the protection of the frontiers and were never marched out of the County. The Regiment was a part of the New York Line. He recollects the names of the following regular Officers Colonel Sheldon Major Talmadge Captain Hoogland the Cavalry Lieutenant King and a Regiment of Southern Horse Commanded Colonel of Miland Captain Hugh Captain Manifold and Lieutenant Gill Gill. He has had documentary evidence of many of the facts above stated but is deprived of the same in consequence of the burning of his house in Bedford in Westchester County in the year 1794 at which time all his papers were destroyed & that he has no living Witness but James Lake to whom the foregoing hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. And this declarant further states that no clergyman resides in that part of the town in which he resides & that he knows of no clergyman who is sufficiently acquainted to testify for him. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Miles Townsend Samuel Luce etc

In the matter of the application of Miles Forman for a Pension
Declaration etc.

State of New York Onondaga County
James Sackett of Syracuse Onondaga County New York being duly sworn says that he has heard read the annexed declaration of Miles Forman and that from the best recollection and knowledge of this deponent the facts therein stated are true. This deponent says that he well knows that said Forman was a member of Richard Sacketts company - that he was in the service four different terms - that he knows Forman was present as stated in his declaration at the burning of the British Huts at Morrisania - and that he believes the particulars stated by him are true
Subscribed & Sworn this 30 th day of October 1832 John Dunsford Justice
James Sackett

State of New York } County of Onondaga } ss.
I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Durnford before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the Seal of the within affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of Office this 30th day of October 1832.
R. L. Hess Clerk

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. Redford Westchester Co N.Y. 25 th Sept 1762
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. He has in his family bible now in his possession -
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live?
Answer. At Redford Westchester Co N.Y. - Removed from there to the town of Troy in Troy Co in 1794 - Removed from there to Newfield Twp Co in 1827
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. Conscripted for 8 months - Volunteered for 3 months - Conscripted for 9 months after that he volunteered
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Col Sheldon Major Talmadge Capt Hoopland of the Cavalry - Lieut King. A regiment of Southern horse commanded by Col Miland. Capt J. Hurd. Capt Mansfield & Lieut Hill. Was stationed much of the time as a guard upon the lines in Westchester County. That a part of the time he acted a guide to the Army, under the advice of Col Thomas
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. He does not remember of ever having a discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. William Denton. Caleb Davis Laurence Stevens Henry Miller Pat McCarty Laurence
WE, John Gibbs , residing in the town of Ardsley and county of Southern and State of New York, and Isaac Mead residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Miles Forman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, } John G. Gibbs the day and year aforesaid, } Samuel Love  Isaac Mead
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Gibbs & Isaac Mead who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Newfield and county of Dupkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Oyer & terminer for the County of Southern do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Miles Forman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11 th day of February 1833. Samuel Love

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Of Miles Forman In the Matter of Miles Forman
Residuary application

State of New York
Tioga County ss.
Jonathan Hunt of the Town of Nichols in said County, being duly sworn says that he is seventy two years of age. That he became acquainted with Miles Forman now of the Town of Newfield in the County of Tompkins then of the County of Westchester in the State of New York when they both resided. That this deponent belonged to the militia of that County in a Company commanded by Captain Sackett that said Forman was a volunteer in the militia the Company commanded by Captain Sackett in Col. Thomas Thomas Regiment that said deponent knows that said Forman was in actual service on "the lines" as it was termed in the County of Westchester. That this deponent was also in the service in the year 1780 under Captain Stevens in the same regiment and the said Miles Forman and knows the said Forman was in the service in that year also. The said Forman acted in both years as a guide. In consequence of the advanced age of this deponent he cannot now recollect how long said Forman served in each year but well recollects that he was in the service in the two successive years as above stated.
Sworn & subscribed
the 3 day of January 1833 Jonathan Hunt
before me Francis Armstrong S.P.
I Francis Armstrong the above named Justice do hereby certify that I consider the above named Jonathan Hunt to be a credible and disinterested witness.
Francis Armstrong S.P.

State of New York County of Tioga I Green H. Tuttle, Clerk of said County do Certify that Francis Armstrong before whom the within affidavit was presented to have been sworn & by whom the within Certificate is subscribed, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid. And further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe his signature subscribed thereto to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 8 th day of January 1833-
Green H. Tuttle Clerk

State of New York } Tompkins County }
James Smith of the Town of Nator in the County of Tompkins & State of New York being duly sworn said about twenty three years being duly sworn beareth saith and saith that he is personally acquainted with Miles Forman Esq. of the Town of Newfield in said County named in the annexed Declaration, & that he served in the war of the Revolution as a volunteer for a part of the time as a volunteer in the New York troops commencing in the fall of the year 1778 says he & that he con- tinued in said service for more than two years in the County of Westchester in the State of New York and that the said Miles Forman Esq. served a part of the said time as a mounted guide to the Continental Army and was attached to and belonged to the Regiment of New York Vol- unteers in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas & that this deponent frequently saw the said Miles and served with him in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Serket David Hobb. Serjeant Stevens & Gilbert Drew of said Regiment as they were frequently ordered out on any particular service And further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn the fourth day of February 1833
James Smith
Before me - John Sutton a Commissioner of Peace of the Tompkins County of the State of New York

State of New York Tompkins County Atty's office
I certify that John Sullon Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the within certificate purports to have been given was at the date of the same one of the Commissioners of Deeds for said County - and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit and to the said certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ithaca February 11. 1833.
Sam. L. South Tompkins county

This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named James Smith and that he is a Man of truth and veracity and that full credit may be given unto his statements. Witness Tompkins County February - 9 th - 1833 J. M. Atkinson
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copied from M.E.E. hist. Nov. 12-1928. February 26, 1932.
BA-J/ADY
Mr. Charles S. Pitcher, 51 North Thirty-Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Miles Foreman , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 23638 , based upon his military service in that war.
Miles Foreman or Forman was born September 25, 1762 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of Bedford, New York, he enlisted and served as a mounted guide with the rank of lieutenant, with the New York Troops as follows:
From May 4, 1780, eight months in Captain Richard Sackett's Company, Colonel Albert Pawling's Regiment.
He re-enlisted immediately, served three months in Captain Hobby's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment and helped to burn the British huts at Morrisania.
From April 27, 1781, nine months in Captain Richard Sackett's Company, Colonel Albert Pawling's Regiment and was in the skirmishes at King's Bridge and Saw Pitts.
He re-enlisted immediately and served until the close of the war in Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment.
Soldier moved from Westchester County, New York,

in 1794 to Tioga (later Nichols), Tioga County, New York, from there in 1827 to Newfield, Tompkins County, New York and while residing in said Newfield he was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

November 12, 1928
Charles Cafferty Apalachin, New York
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23638, it appears that Miles Foreman or Forman was born September 25, 1762, in Bedford, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of Bedford, New York, he enlisted and served as a mounted guide with the rank of lieutenant, with the New York Troops as follows:
From May 4, 1780, eight months in Captain Richard Sackett's Company, Colonel Albert Pawling's Regiment.
He re-enlisted immediately, served three months in Captain Hobby's Company, Colonel Thomas Thomas' Regiment and helped to burn the British huts at Morrisania.
From April 27, 1781, nine months in Captain Richard Sackett's Company, Colonel Albert Pawling's Regiment and was in the skirmishes at King's Bridge and Saw Pitts.
He re-enlisted immediately and served until the close of the war in Colonel Thomas Thomas's Regiment.

Soldier moved from Westchester County, New York, in 1794, to Tioga ( later Nichols), Tioga County, New York, from there, in 1827, to Newfield, Tompkins County, New York, and while residing in said Newfield, he was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832.
There are no data on file relative to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

to your request for a statement of the military history of _____, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, find below the desired information as contained in his (or his 's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 4, 1780 8 mos. Pri Richard Sackett co of Lines Albert Pawling N. J.   Jan 1781 3 mos. Pri David Hoths Thomas Thomas N. J.   Apr 27 1781 9 mos Pri Richard Sackett co of Lines Albert Pawling N. J.   After above Close of War Guide mch Rank of Lieut Thomas Thomas N. J.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford, Westchester Co N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Dec 3 1832.
Residence at date of application, Newfield, Tompkins Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Bedford N.Y. Sept 25 1762
Remarks: His claim was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Frank F. Denham High School
15567b2m11-01
Ganeseo N.Y.
Commissioner.

CHARLES S. PITCHER
SUPERINTENDENT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA
51 NORTH THIRTY-NINTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CHARLES S. PITCHER 51 NORTH THIRTY-NINTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.
February 5, 1932.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am making application to the Sons of the Revolution, State of New York, for supplemental ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War and I am in need of information concerning the following:
✓ Miles Forman (Furman), born in Bedford, Westchester County, New York on September 25th, 1762; was a resident of New York and died in Nichols, New York on February 25th, 1839. He served in the Revolutionary War as Private, Westchester County Militia, 2nd Regt. Colonel Thomas Thomas, New York Militia. - New York in the Revolution page 208.
✓ John Forman (Furman), his father, I have no dates of his birth, death or marriage. He served as Lieutenant, 1st Regt. The Line, N.Y., Col. Goose Van Schaick, Lt., 5th Regt. The Line Col. Lewis Duboys. - New York in the Revolution pgs. 17, 55.
Jonathan Platt, born in Bedford, New York, in 1740, was a resident of New York and died in Nichols, Tioga County, New York, in 1795. He served in the Revolutionary War as Captain, 4th Regt. New York Line, Colonel James Holmes, June 28, 1775 - Jan. 1776; Member, New York Provincial Congress, 1776-7; Member, Convention to adopt Constitution of New York, 1777. - Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Year Book 1925 pg. 511, New York in the Revolution pgs. 47.
I have a record that Miles Forman received a pension but I do not know about the other two mentioned ancestors.
I shall deeply appreciate it if you will give me what information you have relative to these soldiers of the Revolution.
Very truly yours,
Chas. S. Pitcher
CSP/M

Apalachin, Tioga Co., N.Y. Nov. 3, 1928.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, -
Would you kindly furnish copy of pension application of this Revolutionary soldier.
Miles Forman (Furman)
born 1761 died Feb. 25, 1839 buried Nichols, Tioga Co., N.Y. married Anna ————— probably enlisted Westchester Co., N.Y.
Very Respectfully
Charles Cafferty
Local assistant to State Historian

CANISTEO, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1905.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly inform me of the following military history of Miles Forman is complete and correct and state the volume and page upon which such history is found.
Miles Forman enlisted in the Revolution May 1780. Served eight months as private under Capt. R. Sackett, Col. Albert Paudling. Enlisted Jan. 1781. Served three months as private under Capt. David Hobbir, Col. Thomas Thomas. Enlisted April 1781. Served nine months as private under Capt. R. Sackett, Col. Albert Paudling. He then volunteered and served as a guide in Col. Thomas'

CANISTEO HIGH SCHOOL.
FRANK F. DUNHAM, PRINCIPAL.
CANISTEO, N. Y.,.....190
C Regiment until the close of the war, engaged in the battle of Morisiana and skirmishes.
If the above request can be complied with it will be a great accomodation to me.
Yours very respectfully, Frank F. Dunham.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Washington, D. C. Aug 25 1898.
W. O. W. & REVOLUTION Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully,
Very respectfully, Miss Alice Ransom, Wellesley Bradford Co Pa
Henry Brandt Commissioner
Full name of soldier.
Place of residence before service,
Place of residence after service,
Approximate date of death,
Given name of widow,
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Additional information.
Given name of widow, He received a pension Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Additional information, He enlisted 4 May 1780 in the Regiment commanded by Col Richard Patten for 8 months after the 8 months term had expired he enlisted for three months in Col Thomas Thomass Regiment, and after in Col Atkinson's Reg. (Miss) Alice Ransom was in service 8 years.
Post-office address,
including street and number, town, county  city and State
A circular postmark from the PENZION OFFICE. The word "PENZION" is curved along the top edge, and "OFFICE." is curved along the bottom edge. In the center, the date "APR 28 1899" is printed in a standard date format.
Signature,
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Walter Bradford Co Penna

can furnish the military such Revolutionary soldiers who were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. The original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Depart- ment. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolution- ary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 23638.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
August 11th, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Miles Forman made an application for pension on December 3rd, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Newfield, New York, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Bedford, New York, and served under Capt. Sackett and Col. Paulding.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Alice Ransom,
Ulster, Bradford Co., Penna.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189__
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Miles Forman , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.      May 1780  8 mos  Pri  R. Sackett  Albert Pauding  N.Y.    Jan 1781  3 mos.  "  David Hobbie  Thos Thomas  N.Y.    Apr 1781  9 mos.  "  R. Sackett  Albert Pauding  N.Y.     He then volunteered and served as a guide in Col Thomas' Regt until the close of the war  Battles engaged in, Morrisiana & skirmishes  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bedford N.Y.  Date of application for pension, Dec 23, 1832.  Residence at date of application, Newfield N.Y.  Age at date of application, In Bedford N.Y. Sept 25, 1762.  Remarks! Removed to Tioga N.Y. in 1794, and in 1827 to Newfield N.Y.
Very respectfully,
////////
Commissioner.
Mr. Edward Forman c/o Spaulding & Co. Leona Smiths Dec.

War Department,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, Aug. 25, 1894.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions
J. W. Gilmore Asst. Adjt. Genl.

SPAULDING & CO. (INCORPORATED) GOLD AND SILVER SMITHS. STATE & JACKSON STS CHICAGO NEW YORK BROADWAY AND 19 TH ST PARIS, 36 AVE DE L'OPERA.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
Chicago.
Aug 22 1894
Adjutant General U.S. Army. Washington, D.C.
Sir: I wish to secure as complete a record as possible, of my Grandfather, (Pensioner.) (Rank unknown.) Miles Forman , a Revolutionary Soldier from New York.
If you will kindly refer this request to the appropriate Department, with such instructions as may be necessary, I shall consider myself very much obliged.
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully Edward Sherman

Resolution
23638. INVALID.
File No. 28,688
Miles Forman
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1894 Sept. 26. Visited Forman, Edward Chicago, Ill.
Aug 11. 99 Miss Alice Ransom Weston, Penna.
1905. Oct. 26. Military History To Frank F. Dunham. M.B.H.
1928-Nov. 12, 1. List to Charles Coffey, M.E.E. 1932 Oct. 26. Visit to Charles S. Pitcher.

Memorial of Miles Forman.
for an increase of pension

To the Honorable the Secretary of War.
The Memorial of Miles Forman of Newfield in the County of Tompkins & State of New York
Respectfully Sheweth
That your memorialist heretofore presented an application to the War Department for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 for services rendered as a guide to the American Army and the troops under Genl. Lafayette in the County of Westchester, in the State of New York and its vicinity during the war of the Revolution: in this capacity he bore the rank & received the pay & emoluments of a Lieutenant. That he presented the said application in person in February 1833 but from want of proof satisfactory to the Department at that time, his name was placed on the pension roll as a private only , at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum to commence on the 4 th March 1831
Since his return from Washington he has obtained the affidavit of James Sackett who was a Lieutenant in the New York Levis, under the command of Col. Thomas Thomas of Westchester County who was well acquainted with the services of the memorialist & his rank - also the affidavit of David Atkins a private in the Regiment of Cavalry under command of Col. Sheldon of the Connecticut line: This Regiment was employed in the Westchester County during the performance of a part of the services alleged in the declaration of your memorialist now on file in the Pension Office, to which he refers. Your memorialist therefore respectfully asks a reconsideration of his case. and

That if the proofs now presented in connexion with those already on file should be satisfactory that he may his pay may be increased to that of a Lieutenant deducting the amount already received by him under the certificate above mentioned —
February 19 th 1834 —
Miles T. Tomson

State of New York
Onondaga County } ss James Sackett of the Village of Syracuse in said County being duly sworn saith that during the first year of the Revolutionary War he resided in the town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut, that the second year of the said War he went to reside in Bedford in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. That he entered the service in said County of Westchester, and served as a Lieutenant, in the New York Levies, that he was acquainted with one Miles Forman at that time who resided in the said neighborhood with this Deponent, and he further saith that he is still acquainted with said Forman who now resides in New Field in the County of Tompkins in said State, and he further saith that said Miles Forman was also in the service in the Revolutionary War, in said County of Westchester and served as a Guide to the Troops under the Command of General La Fayette during the time said Troops  Army  was in said County of Westchester and he further saith that said Forman served as a Guide to the American Army in said County before and after the continuation of the Troops of La Fayette as aforesaid, in said County and he further saith that Isaac Webb, Cornelius Oakley, Abram Dykeman & John Arkin also served as Guides, That the Guides received their Orders from the Colonel in Command, and granted a mesne with the officers, & had full command of parties marching from one place to another, as such Guides as aforesaid, and were continued on the lines until Peace, and were always mounted men on the best of horses furnished by themselves, properly equipped with officers Equipments, and were always called Captains , and this Deponent further saith that he is seventy one years of age.

and further saith not. Subscribed and sworn before me this 10 th day of April 1833. John Watson First Judge of Onondaga County.
James Sackett
J. Hanson Edwards Jr. Deputy Clerk of Onondaga County in the State of New York do certify that I am well acquainted with James Sackett who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Affidavit and that his state- ment is entitled to credit. April 10. 1833. J. Edwards Jr.
State of New York County of Onondaga } ss.
J. Hanson Edwards Jr. Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that John Watson Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said (which is a court of record) County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the jurat of said affidavit to be the proper hand writing and genuine signature of the said Judge. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 10 th day of April 1833. J. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

State of New York
Tioga County ss.
David Atkins of the Town of Elmira in the County aforesaid aged sixty nine years & upwards being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is acquainted with Miles Forman now of Newfield in the County of Tompkins in said State. That in the Revolutionary war this deponent was a private in the Regiment of Cavalry commanded by Col Sheldon but more particularly under Maj r Benjamin Talmadge; that he served three years, & five months in Sheldon's Cavalry the greater portion of which time was spent in the neighborhood of New York, Horse Neck, Westpoint & the Counties of Dutchess & Westchester in the State of New York: that he was frequently detached with small parties as scouts, explorers, &c in that neighborhood & that when so detached, the said Miles Forman generally took the command of the party as guide. That for the greater part of the time of his said service, (at any rate half of the time) the said Miles Forman acted in that capacity. He cannot say what rank the said Forman held nor what pay he received, but he knows that when in quarters the said Forman always messes with the officers. That this deponent was wounded in the right arm by a sword cut in an engagement at Sherwoods Bridge near New York with Barmore's Corps of Refugees at which time said Forman had command of the party & took his handkerchief to bind up the deponent's wound, from which circumstance the deponent recollects the transaction more distinctly. ————— And further
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This deponent saith that — Sworn to before me } The 6 Jan 1834 } before me. } Wm Dunn J.P.
David Atkins
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named David Atkins & consider him a credible and disinterested witness — Wm Dunn J.P.
State of New York Troy County ss
I, Ebenezer M. Tuttle Clerk of said County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Justice this handwriting facility believe the signature of "Wm Dunn" above subscribed to be genuine — witness my hand Hand of Officer the 6 Jan 1834.
Ebenezer M. Tuttle Clerk
1834